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There is a potential battle brewing involving the New York Islanders and New York Rangers and it isn't even on the ice.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN.com Monday that the league had dismissed Darin Pastor's bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes from the league because it didn't meet the league's requirements.

The NHL continues to work toward an agreement for participation in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, with a tentative two-week period slated for February.

Canadian financier George Gosbee emerged Thursday as part of a group of fellow Canadian investors who hope to close a deal to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes from the NHL for $170 million, a source told ESPN.com.

With the Olympics less than a year away, IOC inspectors are visiting Sochi again to check on preparations for the 2014 Winter Games.

The NHL Players' Association after much thought has given its thumbs up to the NHL's proposed re-alignment plan.

Greg Jamison, the main suitor for the Coyotes, cannot produce the capital needed to purchase the team from the NHL and a Jan. 31 deadline to maintain a critical lease agreement with Glendale will pass without a deal, multiple sources have told ESPN.com.

Multiple reports have speculated that Ilya Kovalchuk is considering whether to stay in his native Russia rather than return to his NHL club, the New Jersey Devils, once the lockout ends.

The NHL and NHLPA appear to be inching closer to a deal.

A federal mediator has finally been able to get the NHL and the players' association back together Saturday for their first face-to-face meeting since talks broke down two days earlier.

The NHL and NHLPA went a second straight day without a formal in-person negotiating session, although the two sides remain engaged in mediation.

The NHLPA began another vote to reauthorize the executive board the right to disclaim interest, a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com, as the union and league spent Thursday without any formal labor negotiations.

The self-imposed midnight deadline for the NHLPA to file a disclaimer of interest, which would dissolve the union, came and passed Wednesday evening as negotiations continued into Thursday morning.

The NHL and NHLPA resumes informational discussions Sunday, although there was no formal bargaining sessions scheduled yet, a source said.

Bill Daly, deputy commissioner of the NHL, released the following statement regarding a new proposal to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the NHL Players' Association: "In light of media reports this morning, I can confirm that we deliv...

The NHL has made a new proposal to the NHL Players' Association with time ticking toward a canceled season, the league confirmed Friday.